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- Let Bliss Succeed, Let Sorrow Fail

Tejguru Sirshree Tejparkhiji

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- Let Bliss Succeed, Let Sorrow Fail First English Edition, March 2006

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INDEX
FOREWORD WHICH IS THE WEAK LINK? CHAPTER 1 LIFE OF ATTACHMENT VERSUS DESIRE-FREE BRIGHT LIFE Mine and Mine CHAPTER 2 HOW TO GIVE UP ATTACHMENT Is Attachment a Gem or Grime CHAPTER 3 PANACEA FOR LIBERATION FROM ATTACHMENT The Complete Goal CHAPTER 4 LIVE LIKE A GUEST The World Is A Guest House CHAPTER 5 EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IS PERFECT How To Break Attachment To Wealth CHAPTER 6 DO THE RIGHT PRAYER FOR FREEDOM FROM ATTACHMENT Box of Detachment 5

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CHAPTER 8 HOW TO BE FREE FROM ATTACHMENT DURING EVENTS New Television CHAPTER 9 USE OF HEART AND DISCRIMINATIVE POWER Gods Ways Of Doing Things CHAPTER 10 ATTACHMENT, GOD AND GURU Wisdom And Conviction CHAPTER 11 EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN ATTACHMENT IS A SNAKE Everything You See In Silence Is A Ladder CHAPTER 12 MANTRA FOR LIBERATION FROM ATTACHMENT Be Happy No Matter What CHAPTER 13 LET US NOT BE BLINDED WITH ATTACHMENT LET US BE BONDED TO GOD Now You Are Liberated CHAPTER 14 A SMALL SECRET OF SUCCESS Final Suggestion

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EW R FO

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Which is the Weak Link

Although there are several defilements (corruptions or evils) of mind, at least five distinct defilements have been generally recognized. Just as the demon Ravana had ten heads, the mind also has ten horrifying faces. Among those, the five major ones of mind are - lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego. These form the main chain of bondage. The mind exists because of these defilements. It can also be said that because these defilements exist, the mind exists or because the contrast mind1 exists, these five defilements exist.
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Contrast mind signifies the mind that compares and judges everything. It is distinct from the simple or instinctive mind.

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Mind is unsteady and constantly fluctuating in which continuous changes are taking place. If in the morning, the mind is filled with jealousy, it is anger in the afternoon, greed in the evening and confusion in the night. Every moment it is changing. Sometimes it is sad and sometimes happy. One moment it is filled with trust and the next moment it is full of distrust and suspicion. For a moment it is very sincere and the next moment it is filled with deceit. What is showing compassion one moment changes to anger the next moment. The one that was ready to die for someone, jumps up at the next moment to kill the same person. The mind, which is wavering in this manner every minute, does not deserve to be trusted. Unfortunately, we have become one with this ever changing mind, we have become attached to it. We have identified ourselves with our mind. We have developed faith and reverence towards this erratic and fickle mind. In reality, mind is an illusion. This means it does not exist, but only appears to exist. It is necessary to understand how this mind gets created. There is no existence of mind, but it seems to exist. It is just like a straight wooden stick which when put in water looks bent, while it is actually not bent. It is also like a rope which looks like a snake in the dark, while actually it is not. It is only because of darkness that a rope looks like a snake. Similarly, it is only because of ignorance that the mind seems to exist, but it actually does not. To know the mind, it is necessary to see it under the light of wisdom. Mind gets created due to identification with it. The Detachment from Attachment [6]

moment we say, I am the body or I am the mind, the mind gets formed. As soon as we get associated with the mind, we become the mind and say I am the mind. When we get associated to wealth, we say - I am wealthy. When associated to position, we say I am the Prime Minister. When associated to religion, we say I am Hindu, Muslim, Christian, etc. You become that to which you add an I. For example, let us take the case when during a marriage ceremony a bride garlands the bridegroom. Just a moment prior to garlanding, no one from the other side was a relative nor was there any attachment to anyone. But the moment the garlanding is done, at once many relations get established like mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, etc. Then with this long line of relatives starts the game of attachment. In the same way, when you say, I am the mind, i.e. when you garland the mind, all the relatives of mind become your relatives. This also is a long list - anger, lust, hatred, envy, competition, irritation, confusion, sadness, happiness, sorrow, friendliness, enmity, restlessness, success or failure - and you become correlated to all these relatives. Desires, longings, wants or lust - these are the biggest weapons of the mind. Mind derives its life from them. It is these that sustain the mind. The main job of mind is to keep the desires and wants alive. The mind keeps arousing desires constantly and the desires keep arising all the time. When the desires do not get fulfilled, you get angry. When the desires get fulfilled, it leads to Detachment from Attachment [7]

greed. With greed, you begin to acquire objects, and then you start getting attached or obsessed with those objects. When you have accumulated a sizeable amount, you start getting egoistic. In this manner, the chain of bondage is connected together by different links. But remember, any chain is as strong as the weakest link. If the link of attachment (Moh ) is made weak, the shackle can be broken here. The opposite of attachment is detachment, indifference, unconcern or apathy. The moment you become indifferent, how can the chain of bondage remain intact? This book intends to work precisely on this weak link. You have to remain detached in this world just like the spider which lives in a web, but doesnt get caught in it. Break this weak link by getting rid of attachment and attain freedom.

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CHAPTER 1

LIFE OF ATTACHMENT VERSUS DESIRE-FREE BRIGHT LIFE

Mine and Mine

Mind is a good friend, if there is no attachment. But a bad enemy, if it is your master, Use the mind, do not become the slave of mind.
Tejguru Sirshree Tejparkhiji

There are only two kinds of people in the world. The first kind are those who have a crown on the head and the second kind are those who have Tej, effulgence or radiance on their heads. Mostly, people belong to the first category; very few belong to the second category. When someone wins the Miss Universe contest, a crown is placed on her head. This crown is placed on her for a year. But if she starts getting attached to the crown or to the title that she has won, she will remain unhappy throughout her life. This means that the major cause for misery of man is attachment. Detachment from Attachment [9]

Attachment means longing, fondness, craving or obsession. If you are liberated from attachment, you are liberated from unhappiness. Liberation from unhappiness means merging with bliss. If unhappiness is with us, bliss is away from us. Let bliss be by us and unhappiness be far away from us. Are we, for our bliss, the slave of someone else? Or is bliss with us? If the wife is fully dependent on the husband or the husband on his wife, each one ends up in servitude with the other. Man becomes a slave of comforts and other people all his life, thinking that if he does not serve someone else, the latter will not provide all those comforts. Once Emperor Akbar, while having his meals, praised the dish made of brinjal. Birbal also sang praises of several qualities of brinjal. Next day, when another item of brinjal was served, Emperor Akbar became very happy and praised brinjal again. And Birbal also gave an account of several more good qualities of the vegetable. When on the third day, yet another dish of brinjal was served, Akbar was furious and said, Why is brinjal being served every day? It is not a good vegetable at all. Saying that he asked Birbal for his views. Birbal said, Yes, my lord. There is no vegetable worse than brinjal. It has so many bad qualities. Having said that, he went on to explain all the problems caused by that vegetable. On hearing this, King Akbar was taken aback and angrily told him, Till yesterday, you were singing praises of

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